Work & commute · New Limerick

Work & commute in New Limerick, ME

Most working residents leave New Limerick for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Houlton (45%), Presque Isle (7%) and Oakfield (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 195 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 181 New Limerick residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 201 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Limerick.

181live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

201work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Limerick goes to work

Houlton6.6 mi away

45%88

New Limerick (in town)right here

7%14

Presque Isle39.5 mi away

7%13

Oakfield7.2 mi away

5%10

Dyer Brook13.2 mi away

3%6

Island Falls14.2 mi away

3%5

Linneus4.6 mi away

2%4

Brewer99.2 mi away

2%3

Bangor97.3 mi away

2%3

Augusta149.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%46

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far New Limerick commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

59%

10%

22%

59%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Limerick is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Limerick are

215 jobs are based in New Limerick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Limerick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Limerick

215 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)92%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs New Limerick residents hold

195 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+59%

Jobs based in New Limerick, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 215. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.